F. Scott Fitzgerald's THE LAST TYCOON to Play the West End This Summer

F Scott's final novel, THE LAST TYCOON, unfinished at the time of his death, is coming to London's West End this summer, to the Arts Theatre (Upstairs at the Arts) for a four week run this summer for its European premiere. The production runs August 17 - September 10, 2016.

The tragedy of a man obsessed...

"He has the power to make anyone's dreams come true... except his own."

F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel is brought to life in this story of a movie producer slowly working his way to death...

Monroe Stahr, the "Boy Wonder" is a man obsessed: with movies, with illusion, with the memory of his dead wife and with Shakespeare. When an earthquake nearly destroys the studio, an enigmatic and mysterious Englishwoman steps out of the wreckage.

Is she the one to save Stahr? Or will his latest obsession finally destroy him?

F Scott Fitzgerald died before he completed his masterly study of Hollywood in its heyday. It is his final, poignant farewell to the Great American Dream - a bittersweet love affair set in a never-never land: 1930s - The Golden Age of Holloywood.

Fitzgerald modelled Monroe Stahr on the historic film producer, Irving Thalberg. The story follows Stahr's rise to power in Hollywood, and his conflicts with rival Pat Brady (based on prominent studio head Louis B. Mayer) - a man desperate to kill Monroe's dreams... and even Monroe himself!

With music from the period and a mixture of period and original film footage, this tale evokes the nostalgia of a lost age and lost dreams. A journey into the literal and metaphorical heart of a great man.

IF YOU GO:

THE LAST TYCOON

ARTS THEATRE

6 - 7 Great Newport Street, London WC2H 7JB

Leicester Square Underground

August 17 to September 10

MONDAY TO SATURDAY 7:30pm

Tickets £20/ £18 Concessions

SPECIAL GALA EVENING - Friday 19th August at 7 pm - Tickets from £32 (Please contact venue)

Box office 0207 836 8463 | www.artstheatrewestend.co.uk

With over twelve productions under its belt, Ruby in the Dust (www.rubyinthedusttheatre.com) has built a brand that easily includes both West End sites and shows on the fringe since its creation in 2007. Linnie Reedman, member of the Young Vic Genesis Directors programme, and acclaimed composer/musical director Joe Evans have proven themselves as innovators who present shows that integrate original music and interpolated music into the text. Of Bonnie and Clyde, The Times critic wrote that it conjured a "powerful visual and musical atmosphere." They've won raves for their musical shows and because the stamp of authenticity that they place on every production is simultaneously true to its roots and boldly original, they've been able to use music that already claims a steadfast audience and introduce it to new ones. They received the blessing of the Cole Porter Estate to use several Porter compositions for their production of Hutch in 2013. Their adaptation of The Great Gatsby uses original music and lyrics by Joe Evans. The Telegraph said of the production of the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic that it "grips throughout." Last summer's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, set in New Orleans featured the songs of the legendary Dr. John. They have been given the licence to stage The Last Tycoon for the first time in the UK by the writer Simon Levy who was also the first writer to adapt The Great Gatsby for the stage in America with the permission of the Fitzgerald estate.

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